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1. The Celtic Festival of Beltane - Fire and Fertility

   ... surviving into the 20th century in Ireland, Cornwall, Scotland and the Isle of Man (MacKillop).  As the Pan-Celtic movement ... of the modern day observance of Beltane is the popular Edinburgh "Beltane Fire Festival", an elaborate stylized interpretation of ... of Edinburgh's festival culture and a great reason to visit Scotland! 3. What do you see as the future of the festival? As ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Apr 29 2015 - 8:23pm - 0 comments

2. The Scotland Herald: "Scotland was The Midwife Of Canada's Birth"

   Emmett McIntyre's blog From the Scotland Herald: Here is a story about government officials travelling ... the birth of the Canadian nation. To a large extent  Scotland , particularly Gaelic Scotland, had acted as midwife. The first Scots ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Jul 3 2017 - 2:52am

3. Scotland's Capital City Set to Expand Gaelic Education

   Emmett McIntyre's blog The City of Edinburgh has launched a consultation with Gaelic interest groups to lay the ... education continues its steady progress in the rest of Scotland. Glasgow has seen explosive growth in the past 10 years and now ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Nov 10 2020 - 3:30pm

4. Dunnottar Castle encapsulates much of Scotland's history

   Douglas MacQueen's blog Dunnottar Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear) stands on a rocky headland in the northeast of Scotland. Surrounded by steep cliffs above the North Sea only a narrow strip of ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jan 13 2021 - 6:09pm

5. Sunday Assembly gathering in Scotland a celebration of life without religion

   Douglas MacQueen's blog Stockbridge in Edinburgh became the gathering point for the Edinburgh Sunday Assembly. This is the first Assembly group in Scotland. The Sunday Assembly movement was founded by people who liked the ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jul 17 2018 - 1:06pm

6. Rejoicing in Scotland's North American Colony - Haggis Exports to Nova Scotia Resume

   ... by the Scottish Governmnet ( Full text linked below): Scotland will start exporting haggis to Canada for the first time in almost 50 years, after Macsween of Edinburgh developed  a new recipe that meets Canadian regulations. It follows ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Oct 20 2017 - 6:27pm

7. Ancient Hillfort in Scotland revealed as important Pictish site for trade and production

   ... MacQueen's blog King’s Seat Hillfort in Scotland is located to the north of Dunkeld (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chailleann) on a major bend in the River Tay ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Feb 17 2020 - 5:26pm

8. Scotland's Wickerman Festival 24 and 25 July 2015

   ... The Scottish village of Dundrennan (Gaelic: Dun Droighnein) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway (Scottish Gaelic. Dùn ... called the Wickerman Festival which has often been called "Scotland's Alternative Music festival". With a widely eclectic mix of music it ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jul 8 2015 - 1:03pm - 0 comments

9. Dunyvaig Castle in Scotland reveals rare artefact hidden for 400 years

   ... from Dunyvaig Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Naomhaig) in Scotland. The seal of Sir John Campbell of Cawdor (c. 1576-1642), who had taken ... is thought to have been constructed on top of a prehistoric dun or fort. The Castle has a turbulent history and subject to a series of ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Sep 2 2018 - 6:49pm

10. Value of Highland Games to Scotland placed at around £25m every year

    ... Seen as a way of celebrating Scottish customs it is one of Scotland’s biggest cultural exports. Features of the Games include ... Marjory Brewster, a lecturer at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She said: “Our research indicates that 25% of visitors to ...

    Douglas MacQueen - Jun 7 2018 - 10:53am

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